Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Pecking Order


The artwork on page one said it all, the Bears’ “B” turned on its side to resemble a heart.  The Chicago media really does love the Bears, or wants to. Newly named head coach Matt Nagy should enjoy the honeymoon.  If past it prelude, it’ll last a long time.  

That B took up the top half of page one of the Trib’s sports’ section.  In all, there were 4-1/2 pages devoted to the Bears, with another half-page going to NFL news.  The Bulls made page six and the Blackhawks page seven.  The back page was split between the Cubs and White Sox, with ¾ of it going to the North Siders, most of that devoted to where manager Joe Maddon spends the offseason (Answer: Tampa).  The Sun-Times did pretty much the same, minus any local baseball news.

As a Sox fan, I could complain about media bias from now to kingdom come, but it wouldn’t do any good.  Anybody who wants to follow the Sox is forewarned that there won’t be a lot of coverage unless the team wins big.  That’s the way it is and has been for as long as I can remember.  So be it.  Just don’t tell me it’s my imagination.

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